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Photograph of Gerald Hennesy in his US Navy dress uniform.
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Photograph of Gerald Hennesy at an award ceremony that was held aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) following the end of World War II.
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This pamphlet covers the service history of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) during World War II and features some handwritten comments in the margins of the document. Most likely Gerald Hennesy left the...
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A Blood Chit with instruction translations into French, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Laotian.
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Republic of China blood chit from the collection of Gerald Hennesy.
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Aviator's Flight Log book from the collection of Lieutenant Gerald Hennesy. Contains flight log records from May 1942 to October 1944. A selection of pages have been scanned to give an insight into a...
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Aviator's Flight Log book from the collection of Lieutenant Gerald Hennesy. Contains flight log records from November 1944 to June 1950. A selection of pages have been scanned to give an insight into...
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Aviator's Flight Log book from the collection of Lieutenant Gerald Hennesy. Contains flight log records from August 1950 to October 1958, with his last flight taken June 2021. A selection of pages...
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Lieutenant Gerald Hennesy's aviator notebook containing settings for flight equipment, navigation, instrument use and emergency landing procedures. Contains handwritten notes about Light Signals. A...
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Letter from Gerald Hennesy to his mother, Frances Hennesy postmarked April 19, 1945. Letter details his life on the ship and a poem. Three page letter and envelope.
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A letter from Gerald Hennesy to his mother dated May 10. The letter recounts everyday life aboard a late war aircraft carrier and mentions the ongoing bombing campaign against the Japanese home...
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Letter from Lt. Gerald Hennesy to his mother, Frances Hennesy dated May 12, 1945. Letter describes food service on the on the transport ship USS Makassar Strait to the Pacific where Air Group 88 was...
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Letter from Lt. Gerald Hennesy to his mother, Frances Hennesy, dated June 8, 1945. Letter details his flight departures at 3:30am, his making lieutenant rank, and listening to Japanese broadcasts...
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Letter from Lt. Gerald Hennesy to his mother, Frances Hennesy, dated June 22, 1945. Letter details shore leave, and some fellow aviators on board with him.
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Letter from Lt. Gerald Hennesy to his sister, Shirley Hennesy, dated June 29, 1945. Letter details shore leave, exploring a nearby town on the island, and his free time on the USS Yorktown. The...
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Letter from Lt. Gerald Hennesy to his mother, Frances Hennesy, dated July 25, 1945. Letter details receiving a care package from home, waiting in the ready room to fly, and life on the ship.
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In this letter to his mother, Gerald Hennesy discusses the use of the atomic bomb, the end of World War II, and the Navy's attempts to retain sailors now that the Second World War has ended.
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Letter from Lt. Gerald Hennesy to his mother, Frances Hennesy, dated September 6, 1945. Letter details Hennesy's flights over Tokyo, dropping supplies to POW camps in Japan, a pilot's return from a...
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Letter from Lt. Gerald Hennesy to his mother, Frances Hennesy, dated September 23, 1945. Letter details Hennessy's view of Japan just after the end of World War II as part of US occupation. The...
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Black and white studio portrait of then Commander James H. Flatley, Jr in his dress whites uniform.